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In the latest episode of 9to5Mac Overtime, hosts Jeff Benjamin and Fernando Silva discussed Apple's recent hardware releases, including the M6 MacBook Pro, an iPad mini 8 with OLED, and a new MacBook Pro featuring a PROLED XDR display with touchscreen capability. The episode is part of 9to5Mac's weekly video podcast covering Apple ecosystem news.
Darkbloom, a network that lets Mac owners rent out idle compute for AI inference, told members that falling AI token prices will shrink their earnings. The company cited data showing Anthropic's price per million tokens fell 77% between May and October 2026, driven by cheaper, more efficient data center hardware. Darkbloom estimates top earners could see monthly income drop from around $160 to roughly $37 as a result.
Infinite Mac, a browser-based emulator site for classic Macintosh software, has added support for running multiple versions of BeOS using the DingusPPC emulator. Users can boot BeOS configurations such as a Power Macintosh 7300 instantly, load pre-installed software, mount CD-ROM images from the Internet Archive, and save files to a persistent disk, just as with the site's existing Mac OS emulations. The creator noted several bugs encountered during development, including a faulty ADB emulation issue that caused the BeOS boot loader to always show its partition selection screen.
A developer using the handle Rairii has gotten classic Mac OS, including versions 7.6 and 9.2.2, to boot on the Nintendo Wii's desktop, after beginning the project on June 22, 2025. The work involved porting OpenBIOS to emulate the Open Firmware environment required by the classic Mac OS 'Trampoline' bootloader, building on Rairii's earlier experience porting Windows NT to PowerPC Mac hardware with similar ArtX-designed chipsets.
Apple launched a touchscreen MacBook Pro with a Pro Motion XDR display, arriving November 6, but kept selling the existing non-touchscreen M5 Pro and M5 Max models. The new touch model uses the same chips as the current lineup, with no stated performance upgrade, though its redesigned thermal system may affect heat management.
Apple has shipped macOS 27.2 alongside its new touchscreen MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, adding touch-specific interface tweaks for that model. At the launch event, an Apple employee told press that the company's touch optimization work for macOS is still in early stages, per Bloomberg's Chris Welch.
Apple has opened pre-orders for several new products, including the OLED iPad mini starting at $699, the 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro from $1,999, and the first touchscreen Mac, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, starting at $2,899. Alongside these launches, new accessories like the World Travel Kit, upgraded 70W/140W power adapters, and a TechWoven iPad mini case are also now available, while retailers are offering gift card incentives and trade-in discounts on the new hardware.
Apple has launched its first touchscreen Mac, a MacBook Pro model that supports touch input alongside its trackpad and keyboard. Apple executive John Ternus said touch is meant as a supplementary input method rather than the primary way of using the machine, describing the Mac as 'first and foremost an indirect input device.'
Apple's newly launched MacBook Pro line, which includes the first touchscreen Mac with a PROLED XDR display, starts at $1,999 for a 14-inch M6 model with 16GB memory and a 1TB SSD. At the top end, a 16-inch model with an M5 Max chip, 128GB memory and a 16TB SSD option costs $14,549.
Apple is releasing its first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, the 'MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display,' on Nov. 6. The hinge still only tilts to standard laptop angles rather than folding flat or back like a tablet, and MacOS itself shows little visible adaptation for touch input.
In a WIRED interview, Apple's John Ternus, Johny Srouji and Greg Joswiak discussed the company's decision to add touch input to the newly announced 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with OLED XDR displays. Ternus said touch is meant to supplement, not replace, the trackpad and keyboard, while Srouji said advances in custom silicon and thermal design allowed Apple to add touch without making the laptop heavier or thicker.
Apple has introduced a refreshed MacBook Pro featuring a new display technology referred to as ProLED XDR, marking a change from the panel used in prior models. Early hands-on impressions describe the redesign as a notable departure from Apple's established screen approach rather than an incremental update.